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Northampton Saints vs Racing 92

What the model says about this fixture, at either ground and at a neutral one, with the record behind it. Ratings as at 2026-10-19.

Who wins, and where it is played
Northampton Saints at home32-21 average
Northampton Saints 76.7%draw 2.5%20.8% Racing 92
Racing 92 at home29-24 average
Racing 92 46.4%draw 2.5%51.1% Northampton Saints
Neutral ground28-24 average
Northampton Saints 66.2%draw 2.5%31.3% Racing 92

Each figure is 5,000 simulations of this fixture. The score is where those runs are centred, not a likely scoreline — a rugby result is spread far too widely for any single one to be likely.

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How the runs finished

Winning margin across 5,000 simulations of this fixture. Bars right of the centre are Northampton Saints wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.

Margin percentiles

  • Middle 8 in 10
  • Middle half
  • Median
  • Level
  • Average

Eight runs in ten finished between 7 Racing 92 and 32 Northampton Saints, half of them between 1 Northampton Saints and 19 Northampton Saints, with the middle run at 8 Northampton Saints.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 and 76 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 25-17 on a tight afternoon and 36-28 on an open one.

Why Northampton Saints are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Northampton Saints winning. It starts at an even 50%, and each line below adds to that or takes from it, in percentage points (pp): a bar to the right helps Northampton Saints, a bar to the left helps Racing 92.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+24.0 pp

Northampton Saints 1957, Racing 92 1632 — 325 points, favouring Northampton Saints

Venue+10.5 pp

Northampton Saints are at home

Form and context-7.8 pp

Recent results, past meetings between the two sides, and days of rest. It has a limit, so it can nudge the rating but never overrule it.

Northampton Saints win76.7%
Racing 92 win20.8%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Northampton Saints0–1–3Racing 92

4 meetings, 2015 to 2021 · Racing 92 by 21.2 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2021-12-10Northampton Saints 14–45 Racing 92European Champions Cupcinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
2015-12-18Northampton Saints 9–9 Racing 92European Champions Cupcinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
2015-12-12Racing 92 33–3 Northampton SaintsEuropean Champions CupStade Yves Du Manoir
2015-01-24Northampton Saints 8–32 Racing 92European Champions Cupcinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens

None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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